It's well known that stress can trigger hair loss. A new paper explores how this happens and how our response to stress can have long-term consequences for our scalps, research that may eventually ...

The skin is the body's largest organ and helps protect internal organs from harm. Hair helps protect the skin, regulates body temperature, and is part of the body's sensory system. Sweat glands help ...

Lackawanna County Library System American Masters Lecture with author Rick Steves was held in the spring. From left, front row: Joy Monroe, North Pocono Public Library executive director; Mary Graham, ...

If you enjoyed this article, I’d like to ask for your support. Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in ...

Since the discovery of 51 Pegasi b in 1995, we have found over 5,000 planets beyond our Solar System, orbiting other stars in our Milky Way galaxy. Most of these planetary systems are quite different ...

For one reason or another, many of us have applied essential oils topically, either neat (undiluted) or as a blend in a carrier. The integumentary system is designed as a selectively permeable barrier ...

A series of talks with Visiting Professor of Practice Damon Silvers on ‘Neoliberalism as a global system: private power and public weakness’. These lectures will critically examine the increasingly ...

Academia Hernando will conclude its Spring 2025 Lecture Series on Friday, February 28, with a presentation titled “The Immune System: Will We Survive Foreign Invaders?” The lecture, beginning at 10 ...

IN these two volumes Sir William Gowers has collected in revised form a number of clinical lectures which have appeared in various medical journals. In the latter volume he has also printed the Bowman ...